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Republic comments on most issues relating to the constitution, republicanism, monarchy and the royal family.

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Commons vote gives green light to Charles lobbying: Republic
3rd Mar 2010
Republic has condemned a vote in the Commons last night to amend freedom of information rules, effectively ensuring complete secrecy for Prince Charles' political lobbying.

Republic condemns government plans to increase royal secrecy as more than 80 MPs oppose move
26th Feb 2010
Republic has today condemned the government's decision to go ahead with introducing greater secrecy for the royal family as part of its review of Freedom of Information rules.

April fools must have come early with suggestion Queen takes lead on economy
10th Feb 2010
Suggestions from a handful of economists that the Queen could play an active role in defending Britain against future recession have been met with derision from republicans.

Monarchy cannot be off limits to PM's constitutional reform debate: Republic
2nd Feb 2010
Republic has cautiously welcomed Gordon Brown's promise of a debate on Britain's outdated constitution, but has called for there to be no areas or institutions that are off-limits, saying that the monarchy must be included in any future debate.

Republic welcomes Lords report on powers of PM
29th Jan 2010
Republic has today welcomed a report from the Lords constitution committee calling for the prime minister to be more accountable.

Charles and Boris must come clean on royal letters
27th Jan 2010
Republic has backed calls for correspondence between Prince Charles and London Mayor Boris Johnson to be made public under Freedom of Information rules.

Human Rights call on royal succession welcome but should go much further: Republic
18th Jan 2010
Republic has welcomed a call from the parliamentary committee on human rights for the government to accept proposed amendments to the rules of royal succession - but said they clearly must go further.

Republic submits Charles evidence to Chilcot Iraq Inquiry
6th Jan 2010
Republic has formally submitted as evidence to the Chilcot Iraq Inquiry reports that Prince Charles lobbied against the invasion of Iraq, and has asked the Inquiry to call on Charles as a witness.

We should be celebrating the people, not the monarchy, in 2012: Republic
5th Jan 2010
Republic has today criticised government plans for state-funded celebrations of the monarchy set for 2012, the year of the Queen's 60th anniversary on the throne.

Republic backs campaign to reinstate DJ sacked over Queen broadcast remarks
4th Jan 2010
Republic has backed growing calls for the reinstatement of Tom Binns, a radio presenter for Birmingham radio station BRMB who was sacked for cutting off the Queen's Christmas message by saying: "two words, bor-ing".

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